NCSC Contract Job Trends in East Kilbride

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
South Lanarkshire > East Kilbride

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in East Kilbride requiring NCSC skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 - 28
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing NCSC 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in East Kilbride 3.33% - 0.67%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 16.67% - 4.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £575
75th Percentile - - £588
90th Percentile - - -
South Lanarkshire median daily rate - - £575

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
East Kilbride

NCSC falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in East Kilbride.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 6 0 24
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in East Kilbride 20.00% - 16.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 7
10th Percentile - - £458
25th Percentile - - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile - - £594
90th Percentile - - £640
South Lanarkshire median daily rate £550 - £550
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £16.71
South Lanarkshire median hourly rate - - £16.71

NCSC
Job Vacancy Trend in East Kilbride

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing NCSC relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in East Kilbride.

NCSC job vacancy trend in East Kilbride

NCSC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East Kilbride by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 1 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 1 (100.00%) Protective Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Government Security Classifications
1 1 (100.00%) RMADS
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) vSphere
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) VMware